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The L Word - The Complete First Season
List Price: $69.99 Our Price: $48.99
DVD - 09 November, 2004
SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT
NR (Not Rated)
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Cast: Jennifer Beals
Number of Media: 5
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| DVD Description Four years after Showtime made gay men the focus of its original series Queer as Folk, it was time for a little turnabout with The L Word (bad title, great show). Centering around a tight-knit group of lesbians in Los Angeles, this drama was far removed from its working-class male counterpart in both style and content. While the men of QAF enjoyed a fabulous if melodramatic life on the middle-class streets of Pittsburgh, the women of The L Word lived it up in sunny California, with gorgeous houses, glamorous careers, and sexy wardrobes. Ironically, though, The L Word adhered more to the everyday drama of ensemble shows like thirtysomething than the soap opera antics of QAF, and the results were surprisingly heartfelt and effective, appropriately stylish but never over the top. There was plenty of room for titillation, but creator Ilene Chaiken fashioned from the start a show centered on characters and not just sex, aiming for the heart rather than... well, other places. The L Word focused primarily on committed couple Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman), a former power-career duo who've decided to have a baby; however, artificial insemination and the changing dynamics of their relationship throw their previously happy existence off-kilter. Within their orbit are spunky journalist Alice (Leisha Hailey), sultry hairdresser Shane (Katherine Moenning), closeted pro tennis player Dana (Erin Daniels), and espresso bar owner Marina (Karina Lombard) who, in the show's most polarizing storyline, bedded the seemingly straight Jenny (Mia Kirschner) and shook up her heterosexual world. Jenny's am-I-straight-or-not? kvetching frustrated both her fiancé (Eric Mabius) and many viewers, who were alternately irritated and intrigued by her inability to decide one way or the other. But Jenny's weakness was part of The L Word's strength: in exploring many sides of many issues, both domestic and political, it never came up with an easy answer for any of them, making the show all that more fascinating--and compulsively watchable. --Mark Englehart |
| Reviews from Customers
Great for Lesbians! LOVE IT ! Excellent series! Carole and I Love it, Love watching women just like us !
Can't Get enough of the Girls I absolutly can't wait for THE L WORD dvd set to some out on Nov 9th. This Show is history in the making. The cast and the characters storylines are remarkable. I recommmend the everyone watch the show on Showtime and to buy the dvd set. Bette and Tina forever
Fantastic - Can't Wait Until It's Out! (Pardon the Pun) I saw the series on showtime and I was hooked since the first episode. The characters and their lives are detailed, complex, and very entertaining. They all have their quirks and it's great to see a collection portraying lesbians as normal people. The relationships between all eight woman (20s to early 30s)are complex yet you still "get" the feelings they encounter with eachother. There is plenty of sexual scenes however you don't feel like your watching porn because it's filled with various emotions: passion, lust, desire, pain, and much more. It varies from casual sex to commitment so you're covered any way you go. Anyone who's looking for something more than just girl on girl porn and movies that lack any plot please watch/buy this. You're gauranteed to love the characters and wish some of them were your own friends. Enjoy! |
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